Saturday, May 4, 2024

Meta launches quote post controls for all Threads users, who can allow quotes from everyone on Threads, only the people they follow, or disable quote posts (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Meta launches quote post controls for all Threads users, who can allow quotes from everyone on Threads, only the people they follow, or disable quote posts  —  Threads users can now exert more control over who can quote their posts.  —  This builds on a feature that already allows Threads users …



Biden is expected to sign the REPORT Act next week; the bipartisan bill targets child sextortion online through new CSAM reporting requirements and more (Julie Tsirkin/NBC News)

Julie Tsirkin / NBC News:
Biden is expected to sign the REPORT Act next week; the bipartisan bill targets child sextortion online through new CSAM reporting requirements and more  —  Jordan DeMay, a 17-year-old who died by suicide in 2022, is one of a growing number of teens targeted by financial sextortion.



A look at Runway's second International AI Film Festival, which it says grew from 300 short-video submissions in 2023 to 3,000 in 2024 with 10 finalists chosen (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
A look at Runway's second International AI Film Festival, which it says grew from 300 short-video submissions in 2023 to 3,000 in 2024 with 10 finalists chosen  —  Artificial intelligence has changed filmmaking a lot over the past year, even though the technology is just getting started.  But first...



As chipmakers move into or expand in the region around Germany's Dresden, skeptics say more government subsidies, skilled workers, and end customers are needed (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia:
As chipmakers move into or expand in the region around Germany's Dresden, skeptics say more government subsidies, skilled workers, and end customers are needed  —  Skeptics say more government subsidies, skilled workers and end customers are needed  —  DRESDEN, Germany/TAIPEI …



Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid weste...